They have a saying in eastern Kentucky ... mining, and huge machines eliminate the physical exhaustion. In a typical truck mine a man crawls into a low tunnel supported by timbers, blasts his coal ...
this tiny eastern Kentucky town is now home to the Kentucky Coal Museum. The museum encapsulates what life as a coal miner ...
The largest coal producer in the eastern United States will permanently close its Kentucky operation, representatives said. On Nov. 15, Alliance Resource Partners and its subsidiary, Excel Mining ...
The death rate from cancer has declined across the nation — but not in Eastern ... Kentucky’s water with more tons of toxin-laden leftovers from surface mining. The “friend of coal ...